Sitcoms: Fun For Kids or Ruining Young Minds?
I was blasted for my recent commentary “Confessions of a TiVoholic” because I admitted I let my kids (ages 11 and 16) watch sitcoms.
One reader went so far as to tell me that by letting my kids watch I was contributing to the foul mouthed culture of fifth graders who use the F word.
What do you think, are sitcoms trash or just benign humor?
Which ones do you like, and which are contributing to the downfall of our moral values?
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Hooray just for admitting you watch and like TV. My kids really didn’t care to watch sitcoms but at 11 & 16 I think they can quite clearly tell the difference between their real lives and TV lives something that is probably a better lesson. Watched some of those commercials lately? I just love interviews with TV stars who talk about how they and their children never watch TV. So you wanted to act for exactly who to watch? Give me a break. I too enjoy TV and I also love to read and socialize etc. Thanks for the entertaining reading as always Lisa.
It depends on the sitcoms – the ones that run generally on primetime seem to be clean cut as long as they aren’t on the channels like comedy central and whatever else is out there. Sitcomes are humorous and should be taken just as is – something light to entertain and create a fun atmosphere. Sitcoms should be enjoyable by most members of the family without offending anyone.
I’ve not really watched any sitcoms that I can recall using the F word – those aren’t sitcoms in my book. IF wwe can’t laugh at others, then we are nothing but a sad bunch of folks.
I think whoever blasted you for your column should be shot – you are putting it out there the way you see it and I see nothing wrong with what you presented in your column. Keep doing what you are doing and don’t worry about those folks who are too high and mighty to see the need in human beings to have a little comedy in their lives. – see you in the postings – E
As someone who still remembers Marcia Brady
Davy Jones of the Monkees to be her date at the
school dance and can still sing the Flintstones
theme song, I know TV can become a big part of
a kid’s life (I’m 49). However, as with most
examples of extreme thinking, it hasn’t completely
rotted my bairn, er, brain. Know why? It wasn’t
everything in my life growing up. There were books,
friends, playing outside, even school. People need to
get the enormous stick out of their backsides and
realize that little Emma and Jacob will be much
more productive and successful human beings if they’re
well rounded and not suppressed to the nth degree.
I suppose that I am in the middle of the road (Where I’m likely to get run over.) Yes, I watch some TV for entertainment, but I also enjoy several of the programs on NGC and History. TV allows me a few minutes to relax, but I feel that a steady diet of it could very well be detremental to you–both mentally and physically. I certainly won’t attempt to advise on how to raise our children, but mental skills, creative and critical thinking do require development effort.
I would like to suggest to your readers that they try or rather stay away from the Negative news for 30 days and see how much improved their mental health stress levels go down. Negative breeds negative and Positive brings about positive results.
Television is an addition and can be broken with all the other activities available. Obesity is almost the number one disease in America, could TV be a reason?
You may not ruin their minds, but you may certainly contribute to the demise of their moral compass. I’ve rarely ever seen anything on a reality show, in particular, and many sitcoms, as well, that I thought was appropriate for my kids to watch, let alone laugh at or learn from–and then we wonder why kids and teenagers act the way they do…